Chris Ledoux, country music legend and rodeo champion, died March 9th, 2005, due to complications from cancer. He was 56. His death came as a surprise - Ledoux was planning on touring this summer.
Chris Ledoux was the genuine cowboy singer. He won the national bareback riding chamionship in 1976, and many of his songs told of life on the rodeo circuit.
One of the reasons I like his music is that many of his songs are about the West, or about cowboys. Chris Ledoux was one of the remaining few who kept the "western" in country & western music.
As to his songs - all I can say is that you will enjoy them. You can tell he is having a great time singing his songs, and you will have fun listening to them.Check out any of these songs - "Hooked on an 8-Second Ride," "Stampede," "Life is a Highway," "Cadillac Ranch," "Watcha Gonna do with a Cowboy," "Horsepower" - I could go on - and try not to enjoy them. Ledoux's music is fun.
We won't hear anybody like him again.
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Now there's one less tornado in Texas,
And a saddle that's empty tonight.
There's one hell of a cowboy in Heaven,
At that big rodeo in the sky.
Rest in peace, Mr. Ledoux. And thanks.
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